THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC INITIATION: THE WAY OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS

Abstract

The Scientific Initiation activityu developed in the country by researchers and students in the Brazilian graduations was conceived and promoted by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, since the fifties years of the last century, being a current practice in Higher Education Institutions. We describe the trajectory from 1990 to 2020 of the scientific initiation at the Federal University of Goiás to understand  its instituttionalization as a research development strategy. In this way, we choose the Process Tracing methodology, which involved documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews. Also, we use the NVivo software for content analysis, which mad it possible to extract  the descriptive data and infer the qualitative analysis nof the phenomenon. The results obtained indicate evidence that leads to seeing the institutionalization of the practiceat UFG and that it has the strength to continue exercinsing its essential role with the academic community.